At $44, the Intex Aqua T2 seems to be the world's cheapest Android KitKat smartphone

Although there are lots of cheap Android handsets out there, most of them run older versions of Google’s mobile OS. What’s more, very few cost less than $50 unlocked. So we were surprised to find out about the Intex Aqua T2, a brand new Android KitKat smartphone that costs just $44.

Introduced this week in India, the Aqua T2 will be available to buy for 2,699 INR - which means about $44, as we already mentioned. As far as we know, this is the cheapest Android KitKat handset ever. For example, it’s much cheaper than the recently announced Android One smartphones that are being released in India for around $100 each.

Naturally, the Intex Aqua T2 is a very low-end device. It sports a 3.5-inch display with 320 x 480 pixels, and doesn’t have 3G connectivity. Other features include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, a 2 MP rear camera with LED flash, VGA front-facing camera, dual-core 1.3 GHz MediaTek processor, 256 MB of RAM, 512 MB of internal memory, microSD card support, and a 1200 mAh battery.